Park visitor in Germany shocked by trash-cleaning dog

LUDWIGSBURG , Germany, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Human park visitors are often encouraged to clean up after their dogs, but some canines apparently consider it their duty to return the favor.

A stunned park visitor in Germany captured video of a civic-minded dog doing his part by putting trash into the proper receptacle.

A video uploaded to YouTube by user Sascha Gilly Israel shows the conservation-promoting canine walking with garbage in its mouth toward a trash can in a Ludwigsburg park.

The canine reaches its snout under the trash can's cover to throw away its mouthful of refuse.

"This dog is my hero. I saw him walking towards the trashcan with trash in his snout and started recording immediately," the uploader wrote.